by Isabella Sutherland | Aug 13, 2019 | Uncategorized
My name is Isabella Sutherland, and I am an 18 year old from Duluth, MN. I have been taking trips to the Boundary Waters since I was under one year old, when my parents began taking me camping with them. Growing up here, it became my second home, my favorite place in...
by Lily Cartier | Jul 30, 2019 | Uncategorized
For as long as I can remember, I have gone up to a camp on the edge of the Boundary Waters called Camp Du Nord. All of my greatest memories have come from the weeks I spent on Burntside Lake, from learning how to swim, to doing my first portage carrying a canoe. I...
by Julia Ruelle and Callie Stolar | Sep 28, 2018 | Uncategorized
What follows is a joint blog from Kids4BW Board Members, Callie Stolar and Julia Ruelle, detailing their first advocacy trip to Washington D.C. in June, 2018, when they helped officially launch Kids For The Boundary Waters and spoke with numerous elected and...
by Tommaso Maiocco | Jul 30, 2018 | Uncategorized
It was a dark and stormy night. Black clouds hung ominously in the sky. The wind howled like a pack of wolves moving in for the kill. Thunder rumbled through the night in great rolling waves. A great flash of lightning split the sky in twain… and my flight was delayed...
by Joseph Goldstein | May 9, 2017 | Uncategorized
Last month I travelled to Washington, D.C. to help honor television personalities Jack Steward and Colton Smith. They were receiving an award from NPCA for their inspiring show, “Rock the Park,” and I was thrilled to be there to honor my friends at the NPCA’s annual...
by Joseph Goldstein | Oct 21, 2016 | Uncategorized
Nine years ago my parents took my brother and me to the Boundary Waters for the first time. For me, it was like coming home. I fell in love, and, as I was recently reminded, I sobbed when it was time to leave. Since then, the BWCA has become “my place” – that space in...
by Joseph Goldstein | Feb 23, 2016 | Uncategorized
They all have their appeal, but something about the cold and the snow, the way that they seem to calm the chaos of everyday life, appeals to me. I wait for winter the same way that most kids wait for their Summer vacation. Winter makes no apologies – you’re either...
by Joseph Goldstein | Nov 16, 2015 | Uncategorized
Cancer can suck the joy and the energy right out of you (my mom won’t let me open with “Cancer Sucks”). It’s as simple as that. That’s why when I was diagnosed with leukemia, I decided to use it to do something good. I had known for some time that my favorite place in...
by Joseph Goldstein | Nov 1, 2015 | Uncategorized
A year ago, almost exactly, I was diagnosed with Leukemia. Officially, my medical record reads, “High Risk Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia.” What it means, though, is that for the last year I’ve been effectively grounded, unable to travel or do any of the things I love...
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